Elk moment in Auschwitz was de hel op aarde. Het was ook mijn beste leerschool. Onderworpen aan verlies, martelingen, uithongering en de constante dreiging

van de dood, ontdekte ik middelen om te overleven en vrij te zijn, die ik nog steeds elke dag gebruik.

Op haar donkerste momenten ontdekte Edith Eger dat de meest schadelijke gevangenis in haar hoofd zat. Gebaseerd op haar ongelooflijke verhaal en ervaring als gevierd therapeut, deelt ze waardevolle levenslessen om te helen en te ins...

to give in and give up in the face of trauma or difficulties, or to live every moment as a gift. Celebrated therapist and Holocaust survivor, Dr Edith Eger, provides a hands-on guide that gently encourages us to change the thoughts and behaviours that may be keeping us imprisoned in the past.

A native of Hungary, Edith Eger was a teenager in 1944 when she and her family were sent to Auschwitz during the Second World War. Despite overwhelming odds, Edith survived the Holocaust and moved with her husband to the United States. Having worked in a factory whilst raising her young family, she went on to graduate with a PhD from the University of Texas and became an eminent psychologist. Today, she maintains a busy clinical practice and lectures around the world.